July 2011
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Mika Miko - Capricorinations
Marnie Stern Sale, Ends 8/1
Marnie Stern CD Pack $23 (save $7) Includes: In Advance of the Broken Arm, This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That and Marnie Stern. Marnie Stern CD & T Shirt Pack $18 (save $7) Includes Marnie Stern CD and “You’re a Dead Bitch” T Shirt. Marnie Stern - Marnie Stern MP3 $7, CD $7.99, LP w/ MP3...
Boats CD Out August 16, Tour Dates
PRE-ORDER: Boats - Cannonballs, Cannonballs on CD, Out August 16
October 2011 10 - Cleveland, OH @ Now That’s Class 13 - Montreal, ON, CANADA @ Cagibi’s 15 - New York, NY @ Matchless 17 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Nightlight 21 - Houston, TX @ The Mink 22 - Austin, TX @ Beauty Bar 25 - Los Angeles, CA @ Silverlake Lounge 26 - San Francisco, CA @ Brick and Mortar Music Hall 28 -...
Band of the Week: Mika Miko
This week’s featured band is Mika Miko. They were an energetic post-punk band from Los Angeles with multiple vocalists. In the mid 2000s, they also released several vinyl titles on Post Present Medium and a 7” on Sub Pop. They were a really fun band to see live and KRS was stoked to release music by them. These ladies are super-active still and are in/have been in bands The...
Tour Dates
The Decemberists 07/29 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata 07/30 - Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival 07/31 - Hoyoke, MA @ Mountain Park 08/01 - Buffalo, NY @ Artpark 08/03 - Cincinnati, OH @ nTelos Wireless Pavilion 08/04 - Cincinnati, OH @ PNC Pavilion 08/05 - Indianapolis, IN @ White River State Park 08/06 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium 08/08 - Austin, TX @ Stubb’s 08/11 - Mesa,...
Salutations: KRS Mail Order Freaks Headquarters to...
Dear KRS Mail Order Freaks,
The Olympia office a.k.a. KRS Mail Order Freaks Headquarters for-the-past-20-years will be closing in the next few months. Stay tuned for clearance sales, special offers, warehouse finds and the like. There is a ton of old school stuff we have to get rid off super fast so now is the time to shop. FREE STUFF & PROMO PACKS with all orders until the last day!...
Band of the Week - Danielle Howle
This week’s featured artist is Danielle Howle. Danielle Howle is an artist from Columbia, SC. She had previously been in the band Lay Quiet Awhile with Dan and Phil Cook before going solo. She released her first album, About to Burst, on Simple Machines in 1996. in 1999 Kill Rock Stars released her second, Catalog. Danielle has a gorgeous voice and is an amazing live performer. ...
Thermals Tour Dates
July 2011 29 - Grossefehn, Germany @ Omas Teich Festival 30 - Dortmund, Germany @ Juicy Beats Festival 31 - Kutna Hora, Czech Republic @ GASK Creepy Teepee Festival August 2011 5 - Freising, Germany @ Prima Leben Und Stereo Festival 6 - Liege, Belgium @ Micro Festival 7 - Stuttgart, Germany @ Universum 8 - Heidelberg, Germany @ Halle01 10 - Celje, Slovenia @ Kino Metropol 11 - Sibenik,...
“It’s odd that she has come to represent, for some, a kind of soulless hipster...”
– Miranda July is Totally Not Kidding, The New York Times
Band of the Week: The Advantage
The Advantage is an American rock band from Sacramento, California that formed in 1998 and specializes in doing covers of music from old NES games. They have covered songs from numerous videogames, including Mega Man, Air Fortress, Castlevania and Metroid. As of 2011 they have released two albums on the record label 5RC.
The band consists of Robby Moncrieff (guitar), Ben Milner (guitar),...
New in Distro: Coasting, La La Vasquez, Explode...
New Additions from M’Lady’S in KRS Distro
Coasting - Same Old Same Old 7” EP $5 Sticks - Under Pressure 7” EP $5 La La Vasquez - Buoy 7” EP $5 Religious To Damn - Glass Prayers LP $12 Explode Into Colors - Quilts 12” $12
Salutations: Summer Vinyl Sale is Here
Dear Mail Order Freaks, Thanks for supporting us this summer. The Summer Vinyl Sale is back. + LP’s are $9.99 + 7“‘s are $3.99 I got a little behind on orders over the long weekend, but if you get yr get yr order in now it will ship by Friday. xoxo Tobi Vail Kill Rock Stars Mail Order Freaks Internationale
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“As a woman navigating through a modern world of representation and heightened...”
– Hannah Lew, Grass Widow
Thao Tour Dates; Thao & Mirah Radio Appearance,...
Listen to KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic to hear Thao & Mirah perfom live! They are also playing a one off tonight at the Hotel Cafe. Tickets here.
Speaking of the lovely Miss Thao Nguyen, she and her band The Get Down Stay Down are announcing a US tour this morning with Sub Pop darlings The Head and the Heart: September 2011 20 - New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks 21 -...
July Sale: Mika Miko, Erase Errata & More
July Sale additions
***5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY****
KRS467 Mika Miko - C.Y.S.L.A.B.F CD $7.99, MP3 $7
KRS464 Erase Errata - Nightlife CD $7.99, LP $9.99
KRS471 Harvey Danger - Little By Little…2CD $5.99
GER047 Excepter - Alternation $3.99
Marnie Stern on Sale in July
Marnie Stern is on sale in July
Milagres Announce Fall Tour
July 2011 16 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club - w/ Wild Beasts August 2011 10 - Brooklyn, NY @ McCarren Park - L Magazine Summerscreen Series September 2011 27 - Boston, MA @ Middle East Upstairs - w/ Peter Wolf Crier 28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie - w/ Peter Wolf Crier 30 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge - w/ Peter Wolf Crier October 2011 3 - Raleigh, NC @ Local 506 - w/ Peter Wolf...
Marnie Stern Tour Dates
Marnie Stern is ruling! Ever since the release of Marnie Stern this lady has been on a serious roll with featured profiles both in The New Yorker and Elle Magazine, tours with The Flaming Lips and Teras Melos, and still mo
re upcoming shows with The Lips, a guitar clinic in Chicago, her first ever Australian tour, and ATP! On top of all that, today Kill Rock Stars and Mexican Summer are...
Band of the Week: Comet Gain
Oh Comet Gain! They are messy and wonderful. Beautiful and heartbreaking. Perfect and fucked up. They are all of these things and more wrapped up into one English band of miscreants. Comet Gain aren’t afraid to wear their hearts and their influences on their sleeves. Summer wouldn’t be the same without Comet Gain!! This week only you can stock up on their KRS releases in...
Summer Vinyl Sale
Summer Vinyl Sale is here!
LPs for $9.99
7”s for $3.99
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